California pushes folic acid in corn flour

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Andrea Lopez lost her first baby to a birth defect many years ago. California now adds a vitamin called folic acid to corn masa flour.

Folic acid is a vitamin that helps prevent serious birth defects. The U.S. has added it to wheat breads since nineteen ninety-eight.

Corn masa flour was not part of this original vitamin rule. So, Hispanic mothers still had high rates of these birth problems.

California's new law helps more states and companies add folic acid. Big food companies are now putting this important vitamin in their products.

Some people worry about adding vitamins to food and disagree. However, health experts say folic acid is safe and saves babies' lives.

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What vitamin does California add to corn masa flour?

California adds folic acid to corn masa flour.

Why is folic acid important?

Folic acid helps prevent serious birth defects.

What do health experts say about folic acid?

Health experts say folic acid is safe and saves babies' lives.

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